The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-27

Il Is related OF St. Xenophon di No
vara that be never killed fly. l can
readily believe 1t. unless the medi~
val fly was considerably more disposed
| to lethargy than the civilized and pro.
gresslve fly Of to-day. st. Xenophor
was canonized about two hundred years
ago and after he had been dead long
time. I never could see exactly why
the honor was thrust upon him. Wha
is really needed is an earnest and pains
taking saint who will 90 around ane
KIN all the flies, and Ibelieve he would
be immortalized in month.
The encyclopaedia speaks of our ma
tive fly as q "house" fly. This. / have
reason to believe, is entirely superflu-
Gus. He frequently takes charge of q
house. But that Is not remarkable.
There is nothing Which fly. in the
height of the season, does not consider
himself competent to run. / had seven
flies to travel with me on the Saratoga
Limited, so that should not be lonely
during the night l have sailed to no
mote and uninhabited islands, and fly
has got there few hours in advance
raised large family and was ready t.
welcome me. There are transatlantic
flies who make sixteen voyages yeai
for the benfit of imaginary complaints,
for no well born fly ever dies natural
| death. He may sometimes get cramp'
while swimming in the milk. perish fol-
lack of ventilation in the sugar bowl,
or dive hecdlessly into hot tea and sue.
cumb, but neither cholera nor consump'
ton, old age or the measles have any
terrors for him.
Fly-paper is mean invention which
does grievous injury to the tender and
confiding nature of fly. Being moist
and soft and sticky, 1t appeals to him
as being something good to eat. Alight'
ing he gets one foot mired and doesn't
like it. Nothing but complete freedom
of movement satisfies an American fly.
He beats the air with his wings and
fails to get loose. A happy though
strikes him. He uses the other hind
leg to pry out the first, and gets thai
into trouble. Then he thinks if he puts
bown his two middle legs and pushes
real hard, something will break loose.
The experiment is failure. He then
yells for help and other flies come te
his rescue. They interlace legs and
pull, but find the fly still fast. Then
they roll him over on his back, thinking
he may slide easier in that position
but he is anchored firmer than ever
Then they ask him to remain just
where he is until after luncheon and
not get stuck up any more. and prom.
Use to wait until they will come back,
and then they 60 of and forget oil
about him. He remains feebly gestic
ulating with his two remaining legs,
and finally gets tired and abandons
himself to death. Subsequently the
paper is thrown into the backyard,
where o tomcat steps on it, and il
takes him week to comb the flies and
pitch out of his fur.
A correctly built fly has 10. eyes,
but he is lacking in foresight. During
a prosperous season he will lay in o
stock of 4. 900. 900 children. and yet not,
| If he can help it, will he leave them
even so small legacy as piece of pie'
earnestly trust that the able paper
to be printed by the Royal Society will
| do justice to the beautiful. home-like
and trustful disposition of the fly. !
have often tried to do flies justice. but
my efforts, combined with wet towel,
have always failed.
Flies have always taken deep in
terest in even the smallest things do.
As write. one fly is going over the
page carefully for omissions in punctu.
alton; four others are assisting the
flow of ideas by whispering confidingly
in my ear and playing tag on top Of
my head; fifth is balanced on the butt
Of my pen, enjoying the slow ride across
the lines and the occasional excursions
| to the inkstand, and the rest have dis
covered bottle belonging to the office
boy, and are deep in the cross-eyed
oys of carouse. Henry Guy Carleton,
in Neu York World.